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Old Apr 15, 2020, 2:54 am
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Originally Posted by Oakshadow
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedAviation geek-browsing Flightaware and Flightradar I've come across some curious DL flights which I suppose are apropos of the times. DL8874 seems to be the flight designation of large birds like the 77L 763, and the A333 on what seems to be charter flights. The one I noticed to today is https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedPPT-HNLhttps://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefined. Others are https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedPPG-HNLhttps://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefined and https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedEZE-SLChttps://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefined .

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedWhat are these flights for? Are they re-purposed cargo flights?
Repatriation flights. EZE-SLC (and many other flights to SLC) were for bringing Mormon missionaries back home.
There have been other repatriation flights for US citizens organized by the US government including PPT-HNL and BOM-ATL. This week also saw some military repatriation flights UTP-HNL.

There are some cargo-only flights now such as ORD-FRA and DTW-ICN-PVG. These are usually DL33XX flight numbers.
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